Whimsical jrpgs enjoyers must wait longer than most for good jrpgs of whimsy but when we get them its a good time. Think i prefer NiNo1 better but really had a great time playing 2.

AW FLIPPIN ECK
OH MY GOODNESS
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so whimsical and a beautiful game! I adored the attention to detail in regards to the towns and cities, NPCs had designs which were very thematical with the areas in which they were situated in, and the story, for me, was great! However, my critique is simply the Kingdom Builder aspect. Considering the theme of this game, I understand why it is an important aspect. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the Kingdom Builder due to the fact that it is so important to progress to further sections of the game. Especially to (POSSIBLE SPOILER) craft the sword to beat the final boss. Having to complete so many side quests just felt very tedious and a long process overall.

NNKII should be catnip to me. It's a game that takes place across three modes [ARPG, RTS, Kingdom management] to tell a story about a young ruler attempting to define their political goals and establish a kingdom. This type of game design is so rare that it was enough to make play through the whole thing even as my interest waned towards the latter third. While no mode of the gameplay is particularly strong, each one interacts well and adds to the thematic goals of the story.

The story itself is very simple and doesn't have any of the political complexities I would want with this type of story, but it's positioned as a kid's tale and fulfills that goal.

Also, you get to play as an issekai'd president who keep's their modern 9mm, which is extremely funny.

Ni no Kuni II tem uma historinha bonitinha apesar de não aprofundar muito os personagens, ter poucos diálogos e etc. tem uma gameplay bem levinha também pra não dizer fácil. mas apesar disso tudo eu sinto que o game se alonga demais... sempre no meio da historia o jogo literalmente te obriga a fazer um bilhão de side quests e perder um bom tempo no gerenciamento de base.

Prós para minha pessoa.
> Trilha sonora
> Direção de arte

Contras
> historia bonitinha porem fraquinha
> achei o game muito fácil apesar dele ter me alongado entre 25-30 horas ele só levou esse tempo pelas sides e pelo gerenciamento de base.
> Campanha curta

acho que quem esta iniciando nos JRPGs recomendo muito o game 1 e 2 que são games bem acessíveis no sentido dificuldade.

Well, I was liking it a decent amount so far until I get brick walled at the damn Longfang fight. I think there's something fundamentally stupid about the setup for this fight, since even when I bump it down difficulty-wise (for people whining about the game generally being too easy I was getting a decent challenge on Expert up until this fight, first time the game has felt really cheap) it seems to be a one-shot to get killed. I think the fact that the best strategy I've had going at the fight is to bunker down in the safe zones and whittle away health with projectiles is not fun at all, which is why I think there's a fundamental problem here. I'll come back to it soon-ish I think, but I'm worried I'll have to start grinding (since revival items are extremely hard to come across) which I'd really rather not.

(Broad strokes though, liking this a lot more than the first game. The story is a lot weirder with funny touches, the CG art style still looks a little weird but the overworld is very pretty & I vastly prefer the action RPG style to the weird hybrid of the first game. Still a little weird and clunky but a big improvement from the first.)

Mejora todo lo que hacía regular el anterior (excepto quizás la historia), pero lo nuevo que añade es un poco flojo. Mantiene el magnífico estilo visual y sonoro, así como ese aire infantil que le viene tan rematadamente bien, siendo una puerta de entrada bastante buena para gente que se quiera iniciar. Bueno, quizás sea demasiado largo para eso, pero en general creo que si.

Personalmente me hace gracia que una de las mayores quejas del anterior era lo aburrido que era desplazarse, y aquí te desbloquean el viaje rápido en los primeros minutos XD

If I had a nickel for every Level-5 RPG from 2018 that would go in to be one of my favorite games ever I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

I really loved the original Ni No Kuni and when I heard about a sequel I was hyped but cautious. But when I finally got it and played it I slowly started to realize that it fixed more problems I had with the original game then created new problems. I love the new features like the kingdom management and the more hands on battles. It doesn’t have much of a connection to the original game as far as the narrative goes but it’s definitely the same world and style. I miss the creature taming and the Studio Ghibli cutscenes of course but when the game overall is more fun and better balanced I don’t mind too much. The original might still be the more recognizable game but this one will always be my favorite.